The Abolition of The Slave Trade

Images: Towards the Abolition of Slavery

The Bow in the cloud; or, The Negro's memorial : A collection of original contributions, in prose and verse, illustrative of the evils of slavery, and commemorative of its abolition in the British colonies. (published 1834), London : Jackson and Walford, 1834.

Abolition of Slavery in the West Indies

In Britain, the abolitionist fight was primarily against the transatlantic slave trade. Wilberforce and his supporters often were at pains to point out that they had no intention of attacking Caribbean slavery. Nevertheless, Great Britain abolished slavery in 1834.